Tempura frying herb leaves offers an excellent platform for serving Aoraki smoked salmon as a passed appetiser. Rice crackers are also easily made at home using left over cooked rice.
15-25 grams of Aoraki Hot or cold Smoked Salmon per hors d’oeuvre
4 shiso leaves (substitute with basil leaves)
4 sheets of nori
Cooked short or medium grain rice
4 thin slices of lotus roots
Tempura batter:
1 tbs of soft flour + 3 tbs cold sparkling water + Salt
For frying:
1 tbs of flour + 1 cup of rice + bran oil + 1 tbs of peanut oil